Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds | Venemotos Racing Team | Yamaha | ??? | 1 | Carlos Lavado | All | 18 | Iván Palazzese | 1–3, 5–9, 11–12 | Team Sonauto Gauloises | 2 | Christian Sarron | All | 32 | Jean-Michel Mattioli | All | ?? | Thierry Rapicault | 2, 4, 6, 8–12 | HB Team 250 | 3 | Anton Mang | All | ??? | Chevallier | 4 | Hervé Guilleux | 1–6 | Chevallier/??? | 5 | Thierry Espié | 1–3, 5–12 | Mitsui-Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha | 6 | Martin Wimmer | All | Massa Real GmbH | Real-Rotax | 7 | Manfred Herweh | All | Pernod | Pernod | 8 | Jean-François Baldé | 1–6, 8–12 | 10 | Jacques Bolle | 1–6, 8–12 | Team Parisienne-Elf | Yamaha | 9 | Jacques Cornu | All | Honda | Honda RS500 | 15 | Roland Freymond | All | ??? | Yamaha | ??? | 12 | Patrick Fernandez | All | Marlboro Team Roberts | 14 | Alan Carter | 1, 3–12 | 55 29 | Wayne Rainey | All | ??? | 16 | Thierry Rapicault | 2, 4, 6, 8–12 | Yamaha/Honda | ???/??? | 17 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | 1–3, 5, 8, 10–12 | JJ Cobas | Cobas | ??? | 20 | Carlos Cardús | 2–3, 6-7, 9–12 | Team Hugin-Total | Yamaha | 21 | Stéphane Mertens | 1–5, 7–12 | 23 | Richard Hubin | 1, 3–12 | ??? | 22 | Fausto Ricci | 2–6, 12 | Yamaha/ES | ???/??? | 24 | Harald Eckl | 1–2, 4–12 | Yamaha | ??? | 28 | Teruo Fukuda | 2–5, 7–12 | Cobas Motorcycles | Cobas-Rotax | 30 | Sito Pons | All | Römer Racing Team | Römer/??? | ???/??? | 31 | Karl Grässel | 1–2, 8–9 | Yamaha | ??? | 39 | Manfred Obinger | ??? | Dalmac Racing | 33 36 67 | Donnie Mcleod | 2–12 | ??? | 34 | Mario Rademeyer | 1–6, 9–10, 12 | Kawasaki | 36 | Loris Reggiani | 3–5, 7, 12 | Yamaha | 37 | Siegfried Minich | 4–5, 7–12 | Yamaha/??? | ???/??? | 49 | René Délaby | 2–4, 7–10 | MBA | ??? | 51 35 | Guy Bertin | 4–11 | EMC | 53 | Andy Watts | 10 | Yamaha | ??? | Roland Freymond | All | Chevallier | ??? | Jean-Michel Mattioli | All | MBA | ??? | Maurizio Vitali | 2, 12 | Source: [5] | | Key | Regular Rider | Wildcard Rider | Replacement Rider | |